Umu pack

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Title

Umu pack

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Umu pack This small rectangular cardboard box is an umu pack. In the Samoan language, the term umu refers to food cooked in an earth oven. This specially made box is used by air travellers who wish to bring foodstuff that was cooked in an umu into New Zealand. Significance Pacific Islands migrants and travellers do much to keep their cultural practices alive between New Zealand and in their islands of origin. For example, Tongans have brought their ngatu (barkcloth) to New Zealand, Samoans t...

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Format

Image

Date created

circa 2008

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1231971

Related subjects

cardboard / pressure-sensitive tape / ink / boxes / Sāmoa / New Zealand / Polynesian / Oceanic / Sāmoan / Reverend Iamanu Amaama

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